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This is to announce that the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has compiled a report on telecommunications service contract numbers and market share in FY 2011 Q1 (end of June 2011), based on reports from telecommunications carriers in accordance with provisions in the Telecommunications Business Report Regulations (1988 Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Order No. 46) (*1).
Please note that in response to the effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake, the following support has been implemented in compiling this data.
Note: Concerning handling of contract numbers, etc.
Since at present it is difficult to gain an accurate understanding of the true state of contract numbers in regions affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, for the time being we will make calculations using provisional numbers based on the contract numbers as understood by all businesses and officially announce these as the data for this quarter.
When accurate contract numbers have been received from all businesses, we will correct the contract numbers and make another official announcement.
Main points:
1. Fixed communications
(1) The number of subscription telephone contracts (NTT East and West subscription telephones, as well as dedicated line, 0ABJ-IP and CATV telephones) decreased, now standing at 57.19 million (down 0.5% over the previous term).
The subscription telephone market share of NTT East and West also continues to decrease, now standing at 80.5% (down 0.4 points from the previous term).
(2) The number of IP telephone numbers continue to increase, now standing at 26.42 million (up 2.4% over the previous term). Among these, the number of 0ABJ-IP telephone numbers continues to increase and now stands at 18.64 million (up 4.1% over the previous term). In terms of the share of the number of 0ABJ-IP telephone numbers, NTT East and West decreased to 66.5% (down 0.2 points from the previous term) while KDDI showed little change by moving to 16.7% (up 0.6 points over the previous term).
Also, the number of 050-IP telephone numbers continues to decrease and now stands at 7.78 million (down 1.5% from the previous term). In terms of the share of the number of 050-IP telephone numbers, NTT Communications rose to 37.9% (up 0.6 points over the previous term) while Softbank BB fell to 41.1% (down 0.7 points from the previous term).
2. Mobile communications
The number of mobile communications contracts continues to increase, now standing at 125.24 million (up 1.6% over the previous term). The number of mobile phone contracts continues to increase, rising to 121.25 million (up 1.4% over the previous term). Also, the number of PHS contracts continues to increase and has now reached 3.99 million (up 6.4% over the previous term).
There was little change in terms of the share of mobile phone and PHS contracts, with NTT DoCoMo having 46.6% (down 0.5 points from the previous term) and KDDI 26.6% (down 0.2 points from the previous term), although Softbank Mobile continues to increase, rising to 20.9% (up 0.3 points over the previous term).
The number of subscribers to MVNO contracts is 3.77 million.
3. Internet connections
(1) The number of broadband service (*2) contracts continues to increase, now standing at 35.529 million (up 1.7% over the previous term).
(2) The number of 3.9G mobile telephone packet transfer communication service contracts is drastically increasing, having risen to 121,000 (4.7 times more than in the previous term).
(3) The number of BWA contracts is drastically increasing, having risen to 1,036,000 (up 27.7% over the previous term).
(4) The number of FTTH contracts continues to increase, now standing at 20.93 million (up 3.5% over the previous term). In FTTH market share, NTT East and West has 74.5% (no change), electrical power system businesses have 9.2% (no change), and KDDI has 8.8% (no change).
(5) The number of DSL contracts continues to decrease, falling to 7.696 million (down 6.2% from the previous term). In terms of market share, leader Softbank BB rose to 39.1% (up 0.7 points over the previous term) while second-place NTT East and West dropped to 34.1% (down 0.8 points from the previous term).
(6) The number of FTTH contracts across all prefectures (excluding Saga prefecture) is increasing, while in all prefectures the number of DSL contract is decreasing. Please note that the reference materials contain details of broadband service contract numbers classified by prefecture.
*1 The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has been evaluating competition in the telecommunications business since FY 2003, publishing quarterly data on the status of competition based on intelligence gathered from businesses.
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Broadband services |
Refers to: FTTH access services, DSL access services, CATV access services, FWA access services, BWA access services, and 3.9G mobile telephone packet transfer communication access services. |
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FTTH access services |
Refers to: access services connecting to networks by optical fiber lines (including VDSL, etc. using telephone lines in some apartment buildings, etc.). |
DSL access services |
Refers to: access services (ADSL, etc.) connecting to networks by telephone lines (metal lines) |
CATV access services |
Refers to: access services connecting to networks by cable television lines. |
FWA access services |
Refers to: access services for wireless network connections of fixed user terminals. |
BWA access services |
Refers to: access services connecting to networks by broadband wireless access systems using 2.5GHz band (WiMAX). |
3.9G mobile telephone packet transfer communication access services |
Refers to: access services connecting to networks by 3,9G mobile communications systems (LTE) using mobile telephones, etc. |
Previous reports (“Quarterly Data on Telecommunications Service Contract Numbers and Market Share Published”)
Quarterly Data on Telecommunications Service Contract Numbers and Market Share Published (FY 2010 Q4 (End of March 2011)) (report published July 4, 2011)
Quarterly Data on Telecommunications Service Contract Numbers and Market Share Published (FY 2010 Q3 (End of December 2010)) (report published March 16, 2011)
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International Policy Division,
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